Mass Culture and Modernism in

By Walter Armbrust

Book Overview

This path-breaking study of Egyptian popular culture provides fresh and vital insights into the long struggle of modern Egypt to define its identity. Walter Armbrust examines Egyptian television, recorded music, the press, and the cinema, revealing the delicate balance between conservative nationalist imagery and a modernist ethic. However, this balance has been put in question both by producers and consumers of the media, reflecting a sense that the way modern Egypt is represented does not reflect the real experience of Egyptians.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521481473
• ISBN13: 9780521481472
• Release Date: July 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"